Abel. I've been waiting for you.

　When I arrive at the lab, Noel, who has been waiting inside, comes running up to me with a vaguely happy look on his face.

　Good grief.
　She looks like a friendly puppy by the looks of it.

　It seems that Noel has become quite fond of me without me knowing it.

"I'm here as promised. So what the hell do you want with me?

'I wanted to show Abel something today: ....... I brought it from home.

　After saying that, Noel took out a book from the box.

Ho. If you look closely, this book has a rather odd shape.

There are scorch marks left on the cover in places, as if it had been burned by fire, and the state of preservation is not flattering.

　The entire book was wrapped around in circles by chains filled with magical power, preventing it from being opened easily.

'This book is ......?'

'The Forbidden Grimoire (Akashic Records). That's what the folks at home called it.

............!

　The Book of Forbidden Grimoire.
The name of the book, even I, who just reincarnated from 200 years ago, had heard of it in rumors.　

　It is said that more than a hundred years ago, a number of wars took place between the human race over the "forbidden grimoire".

　According to him.
　The magic written in the book is so powerful that if you can master it, you can even control the world.

　It is truly a book worthy of being called a disaster of the worst kind.

''How did you come up with that?''

That's because ...... Abel said he was looking for a 200-year-old book: ......

　Huh. That's not what I was asking about, though.

　But I'm surprised.
　I'm curious about Noel's family situation for owning such a valuable book privately.

　Is he some great nobleman, or was he born into a royal family?

　In any case, I guess he was born and raised in a very special family that set him apart from the other students.

...... maybe it was annoying?

　Noel said, even with a hint of anxiety in his blue eyes.

　Of course, I don't think that's the slightest bit true.

　Rather, it's the opposite.


　I don't know what to say, but in my past life I was an unparalleled book lover, and I was such a reading maniac that I spent most of the money I earned on books.

　I'm curious to see what the cursed grimoire, which is so powerful that it has distorted history, is really about.

''Can you show it to me?''

Hmm. ....... Only with Abel. I'm going to show you something special. It's my treasure.

　With that, Noel unhooks the chains around the book and opens the page.

　Ho. It's a magic formula that's written quite precisely.
　It is burnt in places and the contents cannot be completely deciphered, but it can be inferred that the content written is of a high order.

　Even 200 years ago, I was the only person who could draw such a complicated magic formula.

　.......
　.............

　I mean, I've seen this handwriting somewhere.
　
　Huh. What is it?

I'd never thought that the author of the forbidden grimoire was none other than myself.

I'm not going to be able to get out of it.

I rolled up the last page of the book and saw a familiar name on it.

'Could it be that this book was inherited from Noel's ancestors?

Hm. I found it in my family's library. It looks like this book was given to my ancestors 200 years ago by a great magician they respected. How did Abel know about it?

Yeah. I see. So that's what it was about: ......

　I found the old substitute, and I decided to trace my past there.